Bearing for vehicle wheels



1. H. FRY AND E. HOLLENBACH.

BEARING FOR VEHICLE WHEELS.

APPLICATION man mush 1921.

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Patented Apr. 25, 1922..

. I and v 'Edwa rd Hollenbach INVEN'roRS ATTORNEY UNITED"STATES, r AT EmOFiFI:;E*.f 1:

ISAIAH 1r. FRY'ANID EDWARD HOLLEN'BACH', or rnmannnrmmiaiiiNNsYLyAmA.

j BEARING reitvEHicLn'wHn 'L- 1,414,270.} ll I To all whom it mayconcern:

.Be itknow nthat'we, ISA AH H. FRY and EDWARDHOILLENBAGH, citizens ofthe United- States, residing at Philadelphia, in the county ofPhiladelphia and State, of Penn- 7 sylvania, have invented new anduseful Imof inherent shocks and vibrations is rendered impossible. V

Another object of our invention is to provide a bearing for vehiclewheels which is of simple, compact, durable and efficient constructions,and one which .willefl'ectively prevent the ingress of dirt and moistureto the antifriction parts, whilst at the same time provisi'onis made forthe ready assembling and disassembling ofsaidbearing case of repairorrenewal of any of the parts becoming necessary.

WVith the foregolng objects in view, this invention consists essentiallyin the 'novel features of construction,combinations and arrangementsofparts hereinafter fully described and more specifically defined by theappended claim. I

In the further disclosure of the invention reference is to be had totheaccompanying sheet of explanatory drawings, constituting a part ofthis specification, and in which like characters of reference designatethe-same or corresponding parts in-all the views.

' Figure 1 is an elevation of our improved vehicle wheel bearing asadapted more spe cifically for application to motor cycles.

F igure' 2 is a longitudinal section through the same; and,

Figure 3 is an end view of the bearing with the dust-cap and outer partsremoved. Referringto the drawings the numeral 10 designates the axle ofa motor cycle wheel and'on saidaxle'we frictionally fit a tubular shaftor sleeve 11, having reduced end portions 12 providing shoulders 13against which are secured the. inner race members 14 of the ballbearings 15, and/the outer race members 16 thereofare rigidly. retainedin the tubular wheel hub 17. 'It' is to be noted. that ti e inner racemembers 1 1 are slightly wider'tha'n the'outer member's 16, 61, a thin fwasher may be substituted as will be'obvious, I to those acquainted withthe art--so'that I they project beyond the plane of the outer ends ofsaid outer race members for the purpose later on explained, and abuttingthe inner'race members 1 1 are the dust-caps or washers 18 havingperipheral flanges 19 1 for frictional engagement. over the ribs or'flanges 20 on the wheel hub 17. v

Concentric with and freely rotatable on theouter ends or reduced parts12 of the aforesaid tubular shaft 11 are sleeves or collars 21 of alength to project slightly beyond the outer ends of thetubular shaft orsleeve 11 as will be clearly seen on'an inspection of Figure 2 moreparticularly; Snugly fitting'the axle 10 are the lower eyed-ends 22 ofthe wheel supporting forks 23 and said eyed-ends are held firmly inabutmentfwith "thelsleeves or collars 21by washersc24dand 7 r nuts 25appropriately threaded on theends 1 of the axle *10. I r 1 r From theforegoing description it will be 1 readily-seen that by our invention weprovide I a. simple, efficient and reliable vehicle wheelbearingfwhichcan be easily adjusted, and when so adjusted remains unafi'ectedBS byjars and vibrations whereby bearings heretofore usually employedbecomequickly r "loosened and deranged, Still further it is to beespecially-noted that by the use" of the; shouldered tubular shaft orsleeve 11 and collars 21 an effective means is provided. for. rigidlyclamping the bearing at therequisite adjustment wherebythe wheel hub 17always remains freely rotatable in that no clamping I end thrust ordiametric frictional resistance are set up thereagainst when thelocknuts 25 are applied. These featureswhich are of the essence of ourconstructionwill be readily apparent to anyone acquainted with the artor to persons accustomed to using motor cycles, and whilst we have shownand described the best form thereof at present known to us we wish itclearly understood that wedonot limit ourselves to the precise vpattern, shape or arrangement of the several I- parts but consider]ourselves at .libertyto 1 make such changes andother modifications asfairly fall within the scope of the appended claim.

7 Having descr bed our lnventlon what we 11-0 1r porting means thereforof a sleeve loosely' mounted on said axle, reduced portions formed onits outer ends andfdefining shou1-. ders, a hub surrounding the greaterportlon' of said sleeve' and spaced therefrom, the extremities of saidhub being enlarged and provided With internalshoulders, said shouldersbeing in vertical alignment With the "shoulders of said sleeve; chambersdefined "bythel space between the enlarged ends of said hub and thereduced extremities of said sleeve, race members positioned Within said15 chambers and bearing against theshoulders of theisleeve andhubjzrespectlvely, a Washer mounted on each reduced portion for holdingthe "adjacent race member in its chamber means for 20 and 7 embracingsaid hub, and

holding said Washer in position.

tures.

, ISAIAHHJFRY; a

, 1 EDWARD HOLLENBACH.

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